Setting Your NetExtender Address Range
The NetExtender IP range defines the IP address pool from which addresses will be assigned to remote users during NetExtender sessions. The range needs to be large enough to accommodate the maximum number of concurrent NetExtender users you wish to support.
The range should fall within the same subnet as the interface to which the SonicWALL SRA appliance is connected, and in cases where there are other hosts on the same segment as the SonicWALL SRA appliance, it must not overlap or collide with any assigned addresses. You can determine the correct subnet based on your network scenario selection:
Scenario A | Use the default NetExtender range: |
| 192.168.200.100 to 192.168.200.200 |
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Scenario B | Select a range that falls within your existing DMZ |
| subnet. For example, if your DMZ uses the |
| 192.168.50.0/24 subnet, and you want to support up |
| to 30 concurrent NetExtender sessions, you could |
| use 192.168.50.220 to 192.168.50.249, providing |
| they are not already in use. |
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Scenario C | Select a range that falls within your existing LAN |
| subnet. For example, if your LAN uses the |
| 192.168.168.0/24 subnet, and you want to support up |
| to 10 concurrent NetExtender sessions, you could |
| use 192.168.168.240 to 192.168.168.249, providing |
| they are not already in use. |
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To set your NetExtender address range in the management interface:
1.Navigate to the NetExtender > Client Settings page.
2.Enter an address range for your clients in the Client Address Range Begin and Client Address Range End fields.
Scenario A | 192.168.200.100 to 192.168.200.200 |
| (default range) |
Scenario B | An unused range within your DMZ subnet |
Scenario C | An unused range within your LAN subnet |
If you do not have enough available addresses to support your desired number of concurrent NetExtender users, you may use a new subnet for NetExtender. This condition may occur if your existing DMZ or LAN is configured in NAT mode with a small subnet space, such as 255.255.255.224, or more commonly if your DMZ or LAN is configured in Transparent mode and you have a limited number of public addresses from your ISP. In either case, you may assign a new, unallocated IP range to NetExtender (such as 192.168.10.100 to 192.168.10.200) and configure a route to this range on your gateway appliance.
For example, if your current Transparent range is 67.115.118.75 through 67.115.118.80, and you wish to support 50 concurrent NetExtender clients, configure your SRA X0 interface with an available IP address in the Transparent range, such as 67.115.118.80, and configure your NetExtender range as 192.168.10.100 to 192.168.10.200. Then, on your gateway device, configure a static route to 192.168.10.0/255.255.255.0 using 67.115.118.80.
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